AVID-2023-V018

Description

Warehouse robot ruptures can of bear spray and injures workers

Details

Twenty-four Amazon workers in New Jersey were hospitalized after a robot punctured a can of bear repellent spray in a warehouse.

Reports

References

• Incident 2: Warehouse robot ruptures can of bear spray and injures workers

AVID Taxonomy Categorization

• Risk domains: Performance
• SEP subcategories: P0402: Physical safety; P0403: Socioeconomic safety
• Lifecycle stages: L06: Deployment

Affected or Relevant Artifacts

• Developer: Amazon
• Deployer: Amazon
• Artifact Details:

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Other information

• Vulnerability Class: AIID Incident
• Credits: Sean McGregor, AIID
• Date Published: 2023-03-30
• Date Last Modified: 2023-03-30
• Version: 0.2
• AVID Entry